THE LEADER OF ACES & EIGHTS, MORRISON WWE RETURN, LUGER ON HARDCORE PAWN AND MORE

I saw your article about John Morrison going to Dragon Gate USA and
it got me wondering about his future in WWE. He's been gone for almost a year.
Seems like he left amicably. He jobbed to Miz on Raw. He didn't really badmouth
the company when he left. WWE even put him in the alumni section of their
website. I know he wanted to heal up. The WWE roster sure could use him. I
regarded him as a future WWE champion. Has WWE made any offers to him? Do you
see him returning to the company? Thanks for the great work you guys do at the
site!

There's been no sign that Morrison is looking to return to WWE right now, but
I am sure they would be happy to have him if he was interested in returning.
He was at the point where he was burnt out and had a lot of nagging injuries and
if they aren't pushing you in a tip-top position, that can be really monotonous
and unfulfilling. He wanted to go rest up and has only been wrestling from
time to time when it's someone unique he's interested in facing. He's
actually turned down quite a few big payday offers because it's not about making
money right now. When it is, I do believe we'll see him return to the WWE
fold.

Just a quick question to see if you know or can find out why...WWE
put out a LONG time ago two 5-DVD sets of WWE Survivor Series Anthology. Are
they ever going to continue that or is a dead project in the water. It ended
the year before Montreal and I would really love to complete my collection
having already purchased the other box sets (WM, Summerslam and Royal Rumble)...

My guess is that they needed to put a lot of work into censoring the WWF
Attitude era material and they didn't have the time or manpower to get it done.
Hopefully now that they are not longer legally required to blur the entire
world, that will no longer be the case!

I recently saw some figures on the internet of some recent TNA house
show attendance and one show reportedly drew just 250 fans Bemidji, Minnesota on
November 30! Assuming these numbers are accurate, how could TNA have not
cancelled this show with such low ticket sales? There is no way TNA made any
money off this show, especially with guys like RVD and Jeff Hardy to pay on the
card. The other two shows that weekend only drew 550 fans each, so I cannot see
this being a profitable tour. How can TNA go ahead with shows like this knowing
that they and the local promoter are going to to lose quite a bit of money?
There is no way merchandise sales can make up for the lack of attendance. Also,
why is TNA running the Alamadome if they probably will not sell more than 4000
tickets, if they are lucky. Seems like they could have rented a cheaper venue in
San Antonio. Thanks.

I was told awhile back by one source that some of the TNA shows are sold by
the promotion to third parties, so the company gets a flat fee either way no
matter what the attendance is. Some of the shows TNA runs are financially
backed solely by the company, so they are on the hook for whether it does well
or not, but others the profits (or lack thereof) land in the lap of those
responsible for the show. So, if they have one show where they are getting
paid in advance for producing it and then 1-2 others that they are running
themselves in cheaper, smaller venues, plus merchandise, VIP autograph packages,
etc., I can see how they make their money on the road. It all adds up.

Do you think they are dragging out the Aces and Eights reveal because
they are waiting for someone from WWE to become a free agent and make that
person the surprise President of the group?

It's always a possibility, but I think someone along the lines of Jeff
Jarrett or Eric Bischoff is more likely. Maybe all this is leading to
Sturgis and TNA will recreate the old Hog Wild PPVs!

Lex Luger on Hardcore Pawn - work or real?

Total work. The production has reached out to at least one other pro
wrestler I know to make an appearance.

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